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sightseeing in America
just got back from a week off. Talked to a coupla doctors (no comment) and a lot of blue collar family members. Observations:
Doctors are not_democrats, or at least mine are not. One I saw teasingly accuse another of raising her kids as liberals, and she almost punched the accuser. In sitting with one in his office (for, you know, a doctors visit), we discussed malpractice rates etc.... Not democrats.
In a family that largely comprises democrats, all republicans are employed. Several democrats are not. Unionized tradesmen in the Chicago area are, apparently, getting killed in this economy. And these guys are pissed.
On another note, I'm passively supporting Barack Obama for Senator in Illinion (Democrat) over Jack Ryan. Jack's story just seems a little too contrived. Harvard business type goes to the inner city to teach for awhile, and then runs on his record of service. If his hair was grey, I'd feel a bit better. But he's got dark curly hair, and it just seems implausible that it wasn't all a contrived effort for political office some day. Nothing wrong if it was, but it just seems a bit too disingenuous for a Republican. Besides, Obama beat the pants off of Daniel Hynes and the rest of the Democratic machine in Illinois.
So, for you democrats looking for a place to throw a few dollars that might take a seat from a Republican (Fitzgerald is retiring because his Bell's Palsy is making him uncomfortable in public ), Obama might be a worthwhile place to throw some money. I'll add that even the Illinois conservatives don't seem to have too many complaints about him.
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Man, back in the day, you used to love getting flushed, you'd be all like 'Flush me J! Flush me!' And I'd be like 'Nawww'
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